2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament explained

Year:2023
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Gender:women's
Teams:10
Matches:9
Attendance:1,032
Venue:Mike A. Myers Stadium (Quarterfinals, Semifinals)
Round Rock Multipurpose Complex (1st Round, Championship)
City:Austin, Texas (Quarterfinals, Semifinals)
Round Rock, Texas (1st Round, Championship)
Champions:Texas
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Angela Kelly
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Lexi Missimo (Offensive)
Mia Justus (Defensive)
Mvpteam:Texas

The 2023 Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament was the postseason women's soccer tournament for the Big 12 Conference held from October 28 to November 4, 2023. The 9-match tournament was scheduled to be held at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex in Round Rock, Texas. However a large amount of rain caused the field to be unavailable for the Quarterfinals and Semifinals, leading those rounds to instead be moved to Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. The move in venue caused the Big 12 to have to refund all quarterfinal and semifinal round tickets. Admission was made free in Austin, so no attendance count was made, though fans coming still had to pay parking prices.

The 10-team single-elimination tournament consisted of four rounds based on seeding from regular season conference play. The West Virginia Mountaineers were the defending champions from 2022.[1]

Texas won the title by defeating newcomer BYU 3–1 in the final. This was the third title in school history for Texas, their first since winning back-to-back in 2006 & 2007, and the first for head coach Angela Kelly. As tournament champions, Texas earned the Big 12's automatic berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[2] It was Texas' final Big 12 Women's Soccer Championship as the team will move to the SEC in 2024.

Seeding

The top ten teams in regular season play qualified for the tournament. One tiebreaker was used to determine the 9th and 10th seeds. Head-to-head between Oklahoma and Cincinnati was a tie at 0–0. However Cincinnati won the 9-seed with points earned against common opponents: 7–4.

SeedSchoolConference RecordPoints
1Texas Tech8–0–226
2BYU7–0–324
3TCU6–2–220
4Texas6–3–119
5West Virginia5–3–217
6UCF5–4–116
7Oklahoma State5–5–015
8Baylor4–4–214
9Cincinnati2–3–511
10Oklahoma3–5–211

Schedule

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

All-Tournament team

Source:[3]

PositionPlayerTeam
GKMia Justus^Texas
DFKendell PetersenBYU
Lauren LapomardaTexas
Hannah AndersonTexas Tech
MFBrecken MozingoBYU
Olivia Wade-KatoaBYU
Lexi MissimoTexas
FWEllie WalbruchBYU
Chloe NetzelUCF
Trinity ByarsTexas
Holly WardTexas
 * Offensive MVP
 ^ Defensive MVP

Notes and References

  1. Web site: West Virginia Wins Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship. big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. November 6, 2022. November 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: Texas Wins 2023 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship. big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. November 4, 2023. November 4, 2023.
  3. Web site: Big 12 Announces All-Tournament Team. Big 12 Conference. big12sports.com. November 5, 2023. November 25, 2023.